Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Monday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) hasn't been invited yet to join a peace conference which is expected to be held in mid November in the United States.
"No one has been invited yet and a specific date for the conference hasn't been decided," Erekat told the voice of Palestine Radio in Ramallah.
"But, seriously, we want all parties to join, especially Jordan and Egypt," he added.
On July 16, U.S. President George W. Bush proposed that an international conference would be held this fall, which would include Israel, the Palestinians and some neighboring Arab states, to help resume the stalled Middle East peace talks.
Meanwhile, Erekat revealed that President Mahmoud Abbas will meet with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema in Ramallah later on Monday and hold talks with Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer on Tuesday.
In addition, Abbas is due to meet with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State David Welsh to prepare for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to the region on September 17.
"The Quartet (UN, EU, Russia and the U.S.) will convene in New York in September before the UN General Assembly annual meeting" but the date, the participants and topics haven't decided yet, Erekat said.
Concerning a biweekly Abbas-Olmert meeting, Erekat ruled out that there will be any meeting between Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert within the coming few days.
But he underlined that "both are having serious discussion of how to implement President George W. Bush's two-sate vision."
He declined to say if there are any positive results achieved out of the discussions between Abbas and Olmert, but said "debates are on, and it is premature to release judgments at this moment."
Source: Xinhua
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